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MATTER PRIVILEGE [10 records]

Record 1 2019-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
CONT

The first and third processes [for raising a question of privilege] make a basic distinction between a question of privilege – "An allegation that the privileges of the Senate or its members have been infringed…" – and a case of privilege – "A matter that has been determined by a decision of the Speaker on a question of privilege to have prima facie merits…"

OBS

In the Senate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
CONT

Dans les premier et troisième processus [par lesquels est soulevée une question de privilège], on fait une nette distinction entre une question de privilège – «Allégation selon laquelle atteinte a été portée aux privilèges du Sénat ou des sénateurs […]» – et un cas de privilège – «Une affaire jugée bien-fondée à première vue dans une décision du Président suite à une question de privilège soulevée…».

OBS

Au Sénat.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
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Record 2 2015-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Parliamentary Language
DEF

The privilege which exists in the law of defamation when by reason of the occasion on which a defamatory communication is made or the matter in reference to which the communication is made, no remedy can be had in a civil action.

CONT

Thus, absolute immunity attaches to all statements made by members of Parliament in the exercise of their duties in the course of their proceeding of either house, because it is felt that fear of liability might induce caution destructive of the frankness that the public has a right to expect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
OBS

immunité absolue : terme emprunté au droit civil.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho procesal
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
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Record 3 2015-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The jury should not be permitted to speculate on the question of abuse of privilege at all, unless there is sufficient evidence which definitely, and as a matter of common sense, points to the inference that an improper motive existed and that it induced the publication of the libel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

Dans le contexte de la diffamation.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
OBS

Ordinarily a privilege is held by a person, who can assert or waive it. (Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 446)

OBS

[Legal professional privilege] may... be waived by the client(though not by the solicitor), either expressly or impliedly-e. g. by the client being examined by his counsel as to the privileged matter.... Similarly the privilege is waived if a copy of the privilege document is sent to the opposing side.(Phipson, 13th ed., 1982, p. 305)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

renoncer à un privilège : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

The possibility of admitting hearsay evidence where the declarant claims testimonial privilege is raised by the American Federal Rules. There the definition of "unavailable" includes a declarant who is "exempted by ruling of the court on the ground of privilege from testifying concerning the subject matter of his statement".(Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 132).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

privilège du témoin : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

A future interest is an interest in property in which the right to possession or enjoyment of the property is postponed to a future time. Nevertheless, it is a presently existing interest in the property and it is thus part of the total ownership of the property. The fact that a future interest is a presently existing interest implies that it confers present, as well as future, rights and obligations. (Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 335)

CONT

A doctrine of estates which measured interests in land in terms of duration and recognized that interests could arise successively as segments of an ultimate estate in fee simple invited the working out of a law of future interests. "A future interest may be described as an interest in land or other things in which the privilege of possession or of enjoyment is future and not present. It should be emphasized that the interest is an existing interest from the time of its creation, and is looked upon as a part of the total ownership of land or other thing which is its subject matter. "(Laskin, 1964, p. 327)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

intérêt futur : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

A privilege that is... dependent on the existence of a privilege for the publication of defamatory matter to the particular person to whom it is addressed.

OBS

derivative privilege: as opposed to "original privilege".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The trial judge determines as a matter of law whether an occasion is privileged. If so found, and there is no evidence of malice, the action must be dismissed. If there is no privilege, or if there is evidence of malice, or if the privilege has been exceeded, the case must then go to the jury. The distinction has been said to be between what is a "privileged occasion" and what is a "privileged communication"-the judge decides the former, the jury the latter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Le juge du procès décide, puisqu'il s'agit d'une question de droit, si l'immunité joue dans une situation donnée. Dans l'affirmative, l'action doit être rejetée s'il n'y a pas de preuve d'une intention de nuire. Dans la négative, ou si on apporte cette preuve, ou si l'on a outrepassé l'immunité, le jury doit être saisi de l'affaire. Il a été déclaré qu'on doit faire la distinction entre « une situation privilégiée » et « une communication privilégiée » : la première relève de la décision du juge et la deuxième du jury.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 9 1993-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
OBS

Publication is an essential element of libel or slander. While a plea of privilege is a matter for defence, where the only publication alleged in the statement of claim is plainly in circumstances of absolute privilege, the statement of claim does not disclose a reasonable cause of action for the torts of libel and/or slander.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

La publication est un élément essentiel du libelle ou de la diffamation. Bien que l'exception d'immunité ne puisse être soulevée que par la défense, quand la seule publication alléguée dans la déclaration a manifestement été faite dans des circonstances d'immunité absolue, ladite déclaration ne révèle pas une cause raisonnable à l'action délictuelle en libelle et diffamation.

Spanish

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Record 10 1989-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The trial judge determines as a matter of law whether an occasion is privileged. If so found, and there is no evidence of malice, the action must be dismissed. If there is no privilege, or if there is evidence of malice, or if the privilege has been exceeded, the case must then go to the jury. The distinction has been said to be between what is a "privileged occasion" and what is a "privileged communication"-the judge decides the former, the jury the latter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Le juge du procès décide, puisqu'il s'agit d'une question de droit, si l'immunité joue dans une situation donnée. Dans l'affirmative, l'action doit être rejetée s'il n'y a pas de preuve d'une intention de nuire. Dans la négative, ou si on apporte cette preuve, ou si l'on a outrepassé l'immunité, le jury doit être saisi de l'affaire. Il a été déclaré qu'on doit faire la distinction entre "une situation privilégiée" et "une communication privilégiée" : la première relève de la décision du juge et la deuxième du jury.

Spanish

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